The Ultimate Great Authors Quiz
This quiz helps the learner review how to complete a search by author
- 1.
Who wrote the play that the movie "About Last Night" was based upon?
- A.
David Mamet
- B.
Neil Simon
- C.
Samuel Beckett
- D.
Susan Sontag
Correct Answer
A. David Mamet -
- 2.
Which author was dressed and treated as a girl by his mother?
- A.
Jack Kerouac
- B.
Tennessee Williams
- C.
Ernest Hemingway
- D.
Truman Capote
Correct Answer
C. Ernest Hemingway -
- 3.
What is the name of Charles Bukowski's fictional alter-ego?
- A.
Buck Wild
- B.
Larry Brewski
- C.
Chuck Bukowski
- D.
Henry Chinaski
Correct Answer
D. Henry Chinaski -
- 4.
Who wrote "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?
- A.
Jack Canfield
- B.
John Naisbitt
- C.
Robert Pirsig
- D.
Stephen Covey
Correct Answer
C. Robert Pirsig -
- 5.
Which novelist once employed Samuel Beckett?
- A.
William Faulkner
- B.
D.H. Lawrence
- C.
Ford Madox Ford
- D.
James Joyce
Correct Answer
D. James Joyce -
- 6.
J.D. Salinger and which writer are thought by some to be one and the same?
- A.
Will Self
- B.
Thomas Pynchon
- C.
Trevanian
- D.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Correct Answer
B. Thomas Pynchon -
- 7.
Which famous author owned Joan Miro's painting "The Farm"?
- A.
Andre Breton
- B.
Henry Miller
- C.
Carl Jung
- D.
Ernest Hemingway
Correct Answer
D. Ernest Hemingway -
- 8.
Which play begins with "O for a muse of fire, to ascend the brightest heavens of invention"?
- A.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- B.
Antony And Cleopatra
- C.
Henry V
- D.
Macbeth
Correct Answer
C. Henry V -
- 9.
What famous poet went on a walking tour of France and Switzerland, before settling in England with his sister?
- A.
Percy Shelley
- B.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- C.
Robert Walden
- D.
William Wordsworth
Correct Answer
D. William Wordsworth -
- 10.
What famous writer was a high school dropout who worked as an office boy for "The New Yorker"?
- A.
Ray Bradbury
- B.
Clive Barker
- C.
Truman Capote
- D.
Stephen King
Correct Answer
C. Truman Capote -
- 11.
Which famous writer was recognized as a social satirist later in his career?
- A.
H.G. Wells
- B.
Kurt Vonnegut
- C.
Jules Verne
- D.
Stephen King
Correct Answer
B. Kurt Vonnegut -
- 12.
Which famous writer wrote the opera "Libretto"?
- A.
Jules Verne
- B.
H.P. Lovecraft
- C.
H.G. Wells
- D.
Stephen King
Correct Answer
A. Jules Verne -
- 13.
Which journalist was the first to infiltrate the Hell's Angels?
- A.
Edward R. Murrow
- B.
Geraldo Rivera
- C.
Hunter S. Thompson
- D.
Peter Jennings
Correct Answer
C. Hunter S. Thompson -
- 14.
Which newspaper columnist also wrote fourteen best selling books?
- A.
Heloise
- B.
Erma Bombeck
- C.
Ann Landers
- D.
Dave Barry
Correct Answer
B. Erma Bombeck -
- 15.
What writer said "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about"?
- A.
Mark Twain
- B.
Oscar Wilde
- C.
Truman Capote
- D.
Clive Barker
Correct Answer
B. Oscar Wilde -
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